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"Saturn Devouring One of His Children"
Francisco Goya
1821-3
Cronus eats his kids to prevent a prophecy from coming true |
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"Artemesium Zeus"
unkown
460 B.C
Don't know what he was holding- could be anyone. It's what Zeus would look like. |
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"The Rape of Europa"
Titian
1559
Zeus turns into a bull and seduces E. |
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"George Washington (as Phidian Zeus)"
Horatio Greenough
1840
Replicates image of Phidian Zeus |
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"Birth of Venus"
Botticelli
1486
Venus emerges from the sea. Depicts Uranian Venus- pure love. |
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"Prometheus"
Gustave Moreau
1868
Prometheus as a Christ figure. Look of defiance because he knows a secret. |
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"Prometheus Stealing Fire"
Paul Manship
1933-4
Triumph of humanity over tyranny. |
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"Mars and Venus"
Botticelli
1485
True love conquers all. |
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"Artemis of Ephesus"
unknown
1st Century AD
Roman copy of cult figure. Artemis as the top dog- creator of life. |
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"Diana"
Clack
1954
Goddess of the hunt, animals, protective of chastity. |
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"Diana and Actaeon"
Titian
1556-9
How dare you? |
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"the Toilette" from Marriage a la Mode
Hogarth
1743
Numerous depictions of what's going on.
- Rape of Ganymede: the silly fools
- Jupiter and Io: young woman takes old man 'cause he's rich
- Actaeon's antler's: mocks the cuckhold |
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"The Liberation of Andromada"
Titian
1559
The true Ovidian legend (no Pegasus) |
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